Breakfast: Porridge Level 3 Writers’ Group: Graham Hawthorne, Marian Humphrey, Shirley Gwynne and Avril Napier, All from Roddensvale School, Larne

Reading Scheme to Support the Learning for Life and Work Thematic Units (SLD) Breakfast: Porridge Level 3 Writers’ Group: Graham Hawthorne, Marian Humphrey, Shirley Gwynne and Avril Napier, all from Roddensvale School, Larne

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Breakfast: Porridge

Level 3 To make a bowl of porridge for one person, you will need these ingredients:  1 cup of porridge oats  2 cups of milk.

2 Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge You will also need this equipment:  a saucepan  a dessert spoon  a ladle  a wooden spoon  a bowl  a cup.

Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge 3 Step 1 Put one cup of porridge oats in a saucepan.

4 Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge Step 2 Pour two cups of milk into the saucepan.

Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge 5 Step 3 Put the saucepan on the ring. Turn the ring on to a medium heat.

6 Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge Step 4 Stir the porridge mixture with a wooden spoon until it bubbles.

Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge 7 Step 5 Carefully use a ladle to transfer the porridge from the saucepan to the bowl.

8 Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge Step 6 Add a spoonful of jam, sugar or honey to your porridge (optional).

Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge 9 Enjoy your breakfast!

10 Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge Test your knowledge Answer the following questions. 1. What equipment do you need to make porridge? 2. What heat should you turn the ring to? 3. What do you stir the porridge with? 4. What can you add to your porridge?

Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge 11 Match the words to the pictures

Add two cups of milk. Turn the ring on.

Ladle the porridge Stir with a wooden spoon. into a bowl. Pour a cup of oats into Enjoy your breakfast! the saucepan.

12 Reading Scheme Level 3 Breakfast: Porridge Do you eat porridge for breakfast? Do you think porridge is good for you? What other breakfasts are good for you?